IN UMOJA VILLAGE, THERE’S NO MEN ALLOWED. For the last 25 years, Sambura women from northern Kenya have moved here to escape the abuses of their traditionally male-dominated societies and experience their first matriarchy. With Umoja’s example, several women have started creating villages with similar models in surrounding areas.

The village was founded in 1990 by a group of 15 women who were survivors of rape by local British soldiers. Umoja’s population has now expanded to include any women escaping child marriage, FGM (female genital mutilation), domestic violence and rape – all of which are cultural norms among the Samburu.
Rebecca Lolosoli is the founder of Umoja and the village matriarch. She was in hospital recovering from a beating by a group of men when she came up with the idea of a women-only community. The beating was an attempt to teach her a lesson for daring to speak to women in her village about their rights. The Samburu are closely related to the Maasai tribe, speaking a similar language. They usually live in groups of five to 10 families and are semi-nomadic pastoralists. Their culture is deeply patriarchal. At village meetings men sit in an inner circle to discuss important village issues, while the women sit on the outside, only occasionally allowed to express an opinion. Umoja’s first members all came from the isolated Samburu villages dotted across the Rift valley. Since then, women and girls who hear of the refuge come and learn how to trade, raise their children and live without fear of male violence and discrimination.
There are currently 47 women and 200 children in Umoja. Although the inhabitants live extremely frugally, these enterprising women and girls earn a regular income that provides food, clothing and shelter for all. Village leaders run a campsite, a kilometre away by the river, where groups of safari tourists stay. Many of these tourists, and others passing through nearby nature reserves, also visit Umoja. The women charge a modest entrance fee and hope that, once in the village, the visitors will buy jewellery made by the women in the craft centre. Watch this video to learn more.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrnmBLB-UX4&fulldescription=1&client=mv-google&gl=NG&hl=en

source http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/aug/16/village-where-men-are-banned-womens-rights-kenya

hmm weird

hehe! Reminds me of the Papa Ajasco series - Nubia village where there were only women and Papa Ajasco went on a tour.

You don't want to know the rest part of the story

But who impregnants these women or do women now impregnant women?

for real?

Chinachriss:
But who impregnants these women or do women now impregnant women?

Is it that reading comprehension is a challenge for you? The article clearly stated that these women are from Sambura and escaped domestic violence, child marriage and rape from the men. So they already had kids before escaping the abuse they faced at the hands of their husbands.

Chinachriss:
But who impregnants these women or do women now impregnant women?

am sure you didnt read well